Dr Jason M. Gibson
@jmgibson.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @Deakin University. Anthropology, Museums, Cultural Heritage and enthusiast of arid lands and DIY cultures.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-587X
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-587X
It was a real treat to talk about the Birrundudu Drawings and anthropology with these two star communicators - Shelley Krape and Amy Carmichael on the best regional radio station in the country, MainFM. Listen to the cracking Drones song at the start: www.mixcloud.com/MainFm/the-n...
October 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It was a real treat to talk about the Birrundudu Drawings and anthropology with these two star communicators - Shelley Krape and Amy Carmichael on the best regional radio station in the country, MainFM. Listen to the cracking Drones song at the start: www.mixcloud.com/MainFm/the-n...
Our book on these incredibly important drawings, their making and legacies is now in physical form! Birrundudu Drawings...John Carty, Jason M. Gibson, Alistair Paterson, Luke Scholes, @Jessyca Hutchens, Stephen Gilchrist. Pre order now: upswellpublishing.com/product/birr....
June 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our book on these incredibly important drawings, their making and legacies is now in physical form! Birrundudu Drawings...John Carty, Jason M. Gibson, Alistair Paterson, Luke Scholes, @Jessyca Hutchens, Stephen Gilchrist. Pre order now: upswellpublishing.com/product/birr....
It was a honour to help launch Marty’s first solo exhibition.
May 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It was a honour to help launch Marty’s first solo exhibition.
Martin Hagan’s art. Australian desert iconography rendered with crushed native grasses and natural pigments.
May 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Martin Hagan’s art. Australian desert iconography rendered with crushed native grasses and natural pigments.
🚨🚨 After 7 years of research and 4 years of community consultation a new book emerges. Birrundudu Drawings showcases a body of imagery representing ceremony, country and Dreaming produced by 16 Aboriginal men in 1945. Preorder available now: upswellpublishing.com/product/birr...
April 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨🚨 After 7 years of research and 4 years of community consultation a new book emerges. Birrundudu Drawings showcases a body of imagery representing ceremony, country and Dreaming produced by 16 Aboriginal men in 1945. Preorder available now: upswellpublishing.com/product/birr...
The proofs are in for our new paper in Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 12 (2024): 126–141
http://doi:10.3167/armw.2024.120111
http://doi:10.3167/armw.2024.120111
January 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The proofs are in for our new paper in Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 12 (2024): 126–141
http://doi:10.3167/armw.2024.120111
http://doi:10.3167/armw.2024.120111
An absolute honour to help the Anmatyerr men of central Australia bring their cultural performances to Swiss audience ms at the Fondation Opale.
December 15, 2024 at 9:29 PM
An absolute honour to help the Anmatyerr men of central Australia bring their cultural performances to Swiss audience ms at the Fondation Opale.
Work begins on the Anmatyerr @ingkantety.bsky.social ground painting project at Fondation Opale in Lens, Switzerland.
December 10, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Work begins on the Anmatyerr @ingkantety.bsky.social ground painting project at Fondation Opale in Lens, Switzerland.
The perfect soundtrack to finishing a writing project.
November 30, 2024 at 4:15 AM
The perfect soundtrack to finishing a writing project.
Now that Bluesky numbers have improved, here’s a recent article I contributed to on the ‘New Protectionism’ in Indigenous collections and archives: publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/as...
November 25, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Now that Bluesky numbers have improved, here’s a recent article I contributed to on the ‘New Protectionism’ in Indigenous collections and archives: publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/as...
2024 was big year for fieldwork. Always a thrill to be mapping sites in central Australia amongst the spinifex.
November 22, 2024 at 2:41 AM
2024 was big year for fieldwork. Always a thrill to be mapping sites in central Australia amongst the spinifex.
More work to be done but we have begun mapping a song from Anmatyerr Country.
November 18, 2024 at 4:55 AM
More work to be done but we have begun mapping a song from Anmatyerr Country.
Harvesting anteth mpay-mpay (common everlasting daisy) for an Anmatyerr art installation project. Stay tuned.
November 18, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Harvesting anteth mpay-mpay (common everlasting daisy) for an Anmatyerr art installation project. Stay tuned.
The Ingkantety: Following Anmatyerr Law website is now live. Provides a snapshot of #Anmatyerr engagement with #museums #archives and preserving unique Indigenous #intangible and #tangible cultural heritage. ingkantety.org.au
March 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
The Ingkantety: Following Anmatyerr Law website is now live. Provides a snapshot of #Anmatyerr engagement with #museums #archives and preserving unique Indigenous #intangible and #tangible cultural heritage. ingkantety.org.au
Working with Peter Ywekel to record the shield design and story for this #Anmatyerr place, Marleyelkarem. It was a good day.
March 20, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Working with Peter Ywekel to record the shield design and story for this #Anmatyerr place, Marleyelkarem. It was a good day.
Though unnamed in the original 1899 Spencer and Gillen publication, this old man was Kangeye Pengarte, from the Alice Springs area. Not sure that his life was that 'simple', or that he was amongst the 'first men'...
March 4, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Though unnamed in the original 1899 Spencer and Gillen publication, this old man was Kangeye Pengarte, from the Alice Springs area. Not sure that his life was that 'simple', or that he was amongst the 'first men'...
Expert in a dying field, or dying in a field of expertise.
February 7, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Expert in a dying field, or dying in a field of expertise.
Back on Anmatyerr country at Arwerlt Atwaty.
January 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Back on Anmatyerr country at Arwerlt Atwaty.